Improvement in toy cups and balls



Patented Maymjsa.

c. H. BASS..

Toy cup and Ball. No. 163,294.

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CHARLES H. BASS, OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY CUPS AND-BALLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 63,294, dated May 18,1875; application. filed April 24, 1875.

Toall whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES H. BASS, of Medford, in the county ofMiddlesex and State ot' Massachusetts, have invented an Improved Cup andBall, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part of thisspecification, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of my improvedcup and ball. Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the center of thesame.V

This invention relates to an improvement in the construction otl the toyknown as a cup and ball; and consists in providing the shank or handleof the cup with a spring-piston, which, when drawn down by the hand andsuddenly released, will strike the under side ot' the ball and projectit upward into the air, after which it may be caught in the cup in theordinary manner.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand and use my invention,I will proceed to describe the manner in which I have carried it ont.

In the said drawings, Arepresents the cup, and B the shank or handlethereof, which is bored out longitudinally for the reception of asliding rod, b, the upper portion of which is Surrounded by a spiralspring, o, which lits into a chamber, d, formed within the upper portionof the shank. The lower end of the spring c rests on the shoulder e, andits upper end bears against theunder side ot' a cylindrical tip orpiston, f, of leather or other yielding or elastic material, which isfirmly secured to the upper end of the rod b and is of such size that itwill slide freely within the chamberd, its upper end projecting abovethe level of the bottom of the cup which contains the ball D, which isconnected with the shank B by a cord, g, in the usual manner.

I prefer to make the tip f of elastic material, as the indentation ofthe ball is thereby prevented.

To the lower end of the rod b is secured a knob, E, by means of which itcan be drawn down by the hand against the resistance of the spring c,the recoil of which, on its release, suddenly throws up the tip f,causing it to strike the underside of the ball D and project it up intothe air, when it may be caught in the cup by a dextrous movement of thehand in a well-known manner.

I prefer to use the cord g, as it prevents the ball from falling to theground, but-it may be dispensed with, if desired.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

The cup A, with its shank B, provided with a sliding rod or pistonactuated by a spring for projecting the ball D from the cup,substantially as described.

Witness my hand this 20th day of April, A. D. 1875.

CHARLES H. BASS.

In presence of- P. E. TESGHEMACHEE, W. J. GAMBEIDGE.

